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No. 457,212. Patented Aug. ,4, 1891.

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CORTEZ V. PGH, OF BOVLING GREEN, MISSOURI, ASSIGN OF FIVE-SIXTHS TO DAVID L. CALDVELL, ELIJAH ROBINSON, JOHN FARRELL, JEFF T. MCCUNE, AND CHARLES E. PORTER, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

M EAT-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 457,212, dated August 4, 1891. Application filed August 22V, 1890. Serial No. 362.775. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: properdirection to move the carriage (through Be it known that I, CORTEZ V. PUGH, of means of the described connection) back and.

Bowling Green, in the county of Pike and forth over the bed-plate 1.

State of Missouri, have invented a certain I prefer to mount the table rotatably on new and useful Improvement in Meat-Cutthe carriage, and for this purpose employ an 55 ters, of which the following is a full, clear, annular plate or ring 14, secured to the carand exact description, reference being had to riage, and upon which rests a similar ring or the accompanying drawings, forming part of plate 15, secured to the turn-table, the parts this specification. being connected at their centers by means 1o IWIy invention relates to a machine for cutof a pivot-pin or king-bolt 16, as shown by 6o ting meat, and is more particularly intended dotted lines in Fig. IV. It will thus be seen for cutting meat' as it is retailed. ,that the table will be free to turn on the car- My invention consists in features of novelty riage to bring pieces of meat placed and sehereinafter fully described, and pointed out cured on dierent parts of the table beneath in the claims. the cutters. The table` may be held to its 65 FigureIis an end elevation of my machine. adjustment by means of a spring-catch 17, Fig. II is a bottom view of the turn-table upon (see Figs. I andIIL) secured to the carriage which the meatto be cutis placed. Fig. III and adapted to engage in notches 18 in theA is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. IV is ring or plate 15. (See Fig. II.) v

2o a top or plan View. Fig. V is a vertical sec- The cutters consist of a circular knife 19 7o tion taken on line V V, Fig. III, and looking and a saw 20. The knife is secured to a manin the direction of the arrow. Fig. VI is an drei 2l and the saw is secured to a mandrel end View, t-he opposite end to that shown in 22. The cutters extend over the table, as Fig. I being illustrated. Fig. VII is a side shown in Fig. III.

elevation of the spindle-carrying reel re- To provide means for presenting the sa-W 75 moved, the spindles and power-shaft not beand knife independently, their mandrels are ing shown. Fig. VIII is a vertical section of journaled in a cage or reel consisting of anthe reel and its supporting-frame, taken on nular rings or plates 23, connected together line VIII VIII, Fig. VI. by rods 24. (See Figs. VII and VIII.) The 3o Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a mandrels pass through the rings or plates 23, Se bed-plate or frame supporting a carriage 2, as shown at 25, Fig. VIII. The reel is held upon which is mounted a turn-table 3, that in a vertically-sliding head or frame placed receives the meat to be cut. Rails 4 are between guide-posts 26, and consisting of placed between the carriage and bed-plate, plates 27, connected by rods 2S. Plates 27, as

3 5 as shown in Figs. I and VI, to permit the carshown at 29, Fig. VIII, are recessed to receive 8 5 riage to be moved back and forth along the the rings or plates 23 of the reel, so that the bed-plate to move the table toward and away reel is free to turn while being held from end, from the cutters. As a means of thus movvertical,or lateral movement by the plates 27. ing the carriage, I have shown a rack 5, se- As stated, the sliding head or frame concuredto the carriage preferably at or near sisting of the plates 27 and rods 28 is free to 9o its center, as shown in Figs. III and IV, which move vertically within the guide-posts 26, is engaged by a pinion 6 (see Fig. VI) on a and it is thus moved by means of a lever 30, shaft 7, journaled in the side of the bedpivoted at 31 to a cap 32, located on top of the plate and having on one vend a chain-wheel 8, post 26, the inner end of the lever being made (see Fig. III,) over which passes a chain belt fast by a chain 33, or otherwise,to the sliding 95 9, which also passes around or over a chainhead or frame and the outer end of the lever wheel 10 on a shaft 11, journaled to the supbeing connected by a rod 34 to a hand-lever porting-frame 12 of the cutteroperating 35, pivoted at 36 to a bracket 37, secured to a mechanism. The shaft 11 is provided with a carriage or slide 3S, upon which the posts 26 5o crank 13, by which it may be turned in the are mounted. It will be seen that by moving roo the hand-lever 35 from the position shown. in full lines, Fig. VI, to the position shown by dotted lines the sliding head or frame will be raised, carrying with it the reel and the cutters, and thus the cutters can be raised and lowered atV will.

Power is applied to the mandrels 21 and 22 through means of a ily-wheel 39, mounted rigidly on a shaft 40, which also preferably passes loosely through the reel, as shown in Fig. VIII. The fly-wheel is removed or not. (Shown in Fig. VI.) It is provided with a ring 41, having cogs or teeth on its inner surface which mesh into or engage pinions 42, secured to the spindles 22 and 21. The ily-wheel may be turned to impart motion to the cutters,

through means of the mandrels and the described connection between the mandrels and thely-wheeLby means of a handle44, (seeFigs. III and IV,) or the fly-wheel may be -turned through means of a suitable motor and a belt forming a connection between the motor and a pulley 45 on the shaft 40. Only part of the on the bed-plate 1.

fly-wheel is shown in Fig. VIII, the remainder being broken away. The mandrels 21 and 22 pass through the ends or disks of the reel, as stated, but turn freely therein. It will be seen that as the fly-wheel is turned there will be a tendency on the part of the reel to turn With the wheel; but this is avoided by means of a spring-catch 4G, secured at 47 (see Fig. V) to the reel-carriage or supporting-frame, the spring having a projection 48, which is engaged by projections or pins 49 on one of the ends of the reel, and thus the rotary movement of the reel is avoided until the catch 46 is depressed to permit the projection 49, which is bearing against the projection 48, to pass the latter, and then the reel will turn with the fly-wheel until the next projection 49 engages the projection 48,when the reel will be stopped again.

The carriage 88 is mounted on a supportingframe or table 12, so as to slide lengthwise of the latter and permit the cutters to be moved in a direction transversely to the direction of movement of the turn-table 3 and carriage 2 Iprefer to place plates 50 and 51 between the supporting-frame 12 and the carriage 38, as shown in Fig. III, the plates 50 being secured to the supportingframe and the plates 51 to the carriage, and the inner edges of the plates 50 being turned up and over the inner edges of the plates 51, as shown at 52, Fig. III, so that the carriage is held from vertical or lateral movement on the supporting-frame while being allowed to move endwise.

The operation is as follows: The piece of mea-t to be out is placed upon the vtable 3 and held from movement thereon. The table is then adjusted by sliding the carriage and turning the table on the carriage to the proper position for the cutters to act upon the meat. The operator then grasps the handle 44 of the ily-Wheel by one hand and the lever 35 with the other hand, and by turning the fly-wheel imparts a rotary movement to the cutters, the cutters being in the position shown in Fig. III, with the knife beneath the saw. As the cutters revolve, he forces the carriage 38 along the supporting-frame 12, causing the knife 19 to cnt the iiesh portion of the piece of meat. As the knife comes in contact-with a bone, he lifts the cutters by applying a downward pressure upon the lever 35, and as the bone is passed allows the cutters to fall again to their normal position. When the piece of meat has thus been traversed by the knife, the operator places one hand (the hand by which he held the lever 35) against the free end of the spring-catch 46, and by the pressure on the catch forces the projection 48V out of contact with the projection 49, at the same time continuing to turn the iiy-wheel. As soon as the reel is released from the springcatch, it starts to turn around its axis, bringing the saw 20 down next to the table and elevating the knife 19,'and just as the saw reaches its lower position the next projection 49 on the reel comes in contact with the projection on the spring-catch 46 and the turning of the reel ceases. The operator then turning the fly-Wheel with one hand and with the other hand on the lever 35 moves the carriage 3S back to its iirst position, causing the saw to traverse the piece of meat and sever or out the bone. When this piece of meat has been cut off, he turns the crank 13, moving 'the carriage 2 and table 3 inwardly the distance of the desired thickness of the next piece of meat, and then the operation just described of turning, adjusting, and moving the cutters is repeated, and thus the operation goes on continuously.`

With a machine thus constructed meat can be easily, quickly, and neatly cut up as it is retailed to the trade, and the machine would also be useful in hotels and institutions using a quantity of meat.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a meat-cutter, the combination of a suitable supporting-table, a saw and knife located over the table and provided with means for turning them, and mechanism for bringing the saw or knife into using position, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a meat-cutter` the combination of a suitable table, a knife and saw located over the table on suitable mandrels, a {1y-wheel, working connection between the ily-wheel and the mandrels, and meansfor bringing the knife or saw into using position at will, as specified.

3. Ina meat-cutter, the combination of a suitable table, a knife and saw located over the table and mounted on suitable mandrels, a reel supporting said mandrels, a catch for holding the reel in position to admit either the knife or saw to be usedat will, and means for turning the knife and saw, substantially as set forth.

4. In a meat-cutter, the combination of a suitable table, a knife and saw located over the table on suitable mandrels, means for turn- IOO IIO

catch having a projection, substantially as set forth.

6. In a meatcutter, the combination of a suitable supporting table, rotary cutters mounted on suitable mandrels, and means for adjusting and turning the cutters, consisting of a movable reel, a catch for holding the reel to its adjustment, pinions on said mandrels, a ily-Wheel, and a ring on said fly-Wheel, provided With cogs engaging said pinions, said mandrels being supported in said reel, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a meat-cutter, the combination of a horizontally-adjustable meat-supporting table, a vertically-adj ustable cutter located over the table, and operating mechanism for driving the rotary cutter and shifting the table relatively to and beneath the knives, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a meatcutter, the combination of a suitable supporting-table, a rotary cutter, a

vertically-movable frame su pporting said cutter, and a carriage supportmg said frame and adjustable horizontally and relatively to the.v

table, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

09111 a meat-cutter, the combination of a suitable table, a rotary cutter mounted over the table, a vertically-movable frame supporting said cutter, means for moving the frame, consisting of a suitable lever and connectionV between the lever and frame, and a sliding carriage upon Which said frame is mounted, said carriage being movable independently of the table, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

1 0. In a meat-cutter, the combination of a suitable table, a rotary cutter located over the table, and a sliding carriage supporting said cutter and movable relatively to the table, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

ll. In a meat-cutter, the combination of a suitable table, a rotary knife and saw located over the table, means for presenting said knife and saw independently, a vertically-movable frame supporting said knife and saw, and a horizontally-movable carriage supporting said frame, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. y

CORTEZ V. PUGH. In presence of- C. C. EDWARDS, J. E. CASH. 

